11Aug14

Agriculture Minister of Germany's Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Till Backhaus
on Monday called for an extraordinary conference of the country's federal states
to discuss Russia's embargo on food imports from Western countries and its
consequences.

"The sanctions hit the whole Germany. That is why the states and the federal
government must urgently assess the scale of Russia's sanctions for the German
economy and decide what can be done in response to the changing market
conditions," Backhaus said.

The Russian import restrictions will affect Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania more
than other federal states as almost all of the German cheese supplied to Russia is
made at its factories.

[Source: Itar Tass, Berlin, 11Aug14]

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